Communication strategies for the 21st century by Metzger's New Media Practice Director.

Second Annual New Media Summit

Metzger Associates is pleased
to host our Second Annual New Media Panel May 31 at 5:30 p.m. at the Denver
Press Club. Moderated by Metzger's New Media Practice Director Doyle Albee,
this year's panel is truly world class. Join us to hear thoughts on today's
media status from:

Phil Weiser: Since arriving at the CU Law School and Interdisciplinary
Telecommunications Program (with which he has a joint appointment) in 1999,
Philip Weiser has worked to fortify CU's strength in telecommunications and
technology law, establishing the Journal on Telecommunications & High
Technology Law and the Silicon Flatirons Telecommunications
Program. Philip writes and teaches in the areas of telecommunications and
information policy, recently co-authoring Digital Crossroads: American
Telecommunications Policy in the Internet Age (MIT Press 2005). Prior to
joining the CU faculty, Philip served as senior counsel to the Assistant
Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division at the United States
Department of Justice, advising him primarily on telecommunications matters.
Before his appointment at the Justice Department, Philip served as a law clerk
to Justices Byron R. White and Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the United States Supreme
Court and to Judge David Ebel at the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Veronica Belmont:
An Associate Editor at CNET.com,
Veronica develops audio and video content for CNET's array of shows. She produces and co-hosts
CNET's flagship podcast Buzz Out Loud, a daily technology
show, as well as the weekly MP3
Insider podcast and Crave video podcast. Veronica also writes and hosts videos for the
Prizefight and Insider Secrets series. Through these videos, Veronica
highlights technology in a way that consumers can easily incorporate into their
lifestyles and enhance their already savvy skills such as adding video to their
profile on their favorite social networking site or how to make their PC look
like Mac.

Brad Feld: Brad is a managing director at Foundry Group and Mobius Venture
Capital. Prior to Mobius, Brad founded Feld Technologies, which was sold to
AmeriData Technologies in 1993, where he became Chief Technology Officer. Brad
currently serves on the boards of a number of private companies, including
ClickCaster, ePartners, FeedBurner, Gold Systems, Judy's Book, Lijit, Me.dium,
NewsGator, Rally Software, and StillSecure. In addition, he is on the board of
The National Center for Women & Information Technology, The Community
Foundation Serving Boulder County and The Colorado Conservation Trust. Brad has
previously been a member of the board of directors of the Young Entrepreneurs
Organization and founded the Boston and Colorado chapters. He
holds Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in Management Science
from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

J.B. Holston: Currently theCEO and president of Newsgator, J.B. has run a wide range of technology and media enterprises over the last two decades. As President of Ziff Davis International, Holston managed Ziff Davis' operations across more than 100 countries, and launched Yahoo! Europe. He was part of the senior management team that led the successful LBO of ZD by Forstmann, Little, and subsequent sale to Softbank. Since selling his last technology start-up, Holston has helped create a wide range of for-profit and not-for-profit entities, including Media-x at Stanford, among several others. After receiving a BA in creative writing from Stanford in 1979, he taught English at Phillips Academy, worked as a consultant for the Boston Consulting Group in Boston, studied and wrote in Paris, France, then worked in strategic planning for NBC and RCA. J.B. received his MBA from Stanford in 1986, then worked on Jack Welch's staff at GE before moving back to NBC, where for five years he was responsible for strategic planning and NBC's international operations.

If you're interesting in joining our audience, send an email to clabonte@metzger.com for more information.

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By the way, you all might consider joining our Denver chapter of the Social Media Club.
We had our first meeting on May 1 with about 40 attendees. We plan to meet once a month. For more info, see www.socialmediaclub.org or email Dee Rambeau at coboys(at)gmail.com